as long as you arent some sick cunt lookin for kiddy porn you shouldnt be too worried, but i still wouldnt use it that much.

http://phoenixlabs.org/pg2/ get that as well

Harnum

03-30-2008, 02:48 PM

Why? Have they been cracking down on Limewire users lately? I don't have it, but this question is out of sheer curiosity.

Endymion

03-30-2008, 03:26 PM

don't be an idiot. limewire is a piece of shit client on a shitty network. anything you want can be better found through other means.

barangatang

03-30-2008, 03:29 PM

Buy cd's. Having a cd collection so much cooler than a bunch of names on a screen.

Or use bittorrents or something.

Wolfbutter

03-30-2008, 03:30 PM

...WHAT OTHER MEANS? asdgtrgxjpxdfogjfdtgxfdgdsx

JohnnyNemesis

03-30-2008, 03:31 PM

In my opinion, no one should be using Limewire ever because it's a piece of shit.

I enjoy using Soulseek, Xfactor, and Acqlite.

WebDudette

03-30-2008, 03:35 PM

Slsk, Soulseek, Slsk.

Harnum

03-30-2008, 03:36 PM

When my sister had it on her laptop, it was pure shit. Just about every search had a shitload of porn results and maybe 10 actual mp3 results. Most of the time it wasn't even the right song. She has yet to get rid of it *rolls eyes*.

Endymion

03-30-2008, 03:37 PM

if you want music, soulseek is *the* way to go. it takes a little getting use to (a day or so until it's second nature), but after that you can find almost anything. the only thing possibly slightly better is a very good private bittorrent tracker like oink use to be.

nameless

03-30-2008, 03:42 PM

i thought they were closing that down! anyway, im sure you just end up with loads of viruses from it!

Wolfbutter

03-30-2008, 03:42 PM

Alright, I'll download soulseek, thanks.

But I saw the RIAA said they can track anyone who uses P2P. Is that true?

Endymion

03-30-2008, 03:53 PM

no. they can track anyone who uses p2p and doesn't protect themselves. if you're really paranoid about it, you can use a proxy or tor or something. simple traffic encryption won't work since they track things by connections not actual traffic flow.

On the Soulseek website it says you need internet explorer 5 or higher, and I was wondering if it would work with FireFox.

JohnnyNemesis

03-30-2008, 05:02 PM

That question makes no sense. Why are you asking that? Seriously. What are you asking?

The two have nothing to do with each other...

Wolfbutter

03-30-2008, 05:08 PM

Alright, so I installed it, but when I open it up it asks me if I want to install it again! What's going on?

Endymion

03-30-2008, 05:14 PM

i think you installed the wrong thing: http://www.slsknet.org/

Wolfbutter

03-30-2008, 05:16 PM

Yeah, I went on that website, pressed Download, then I pressed the "Click Here to Download!" It's on my desktop but every time I boot it up it just comes up with the agreement license stuff.

WebDudette

03-30-2008, 05:23 PM

There is a difference between 'download' and 'install'.

mrconeman

03-30-2008, 05:25 PM

DOES Firefox work with Microsoft Office?
High levels of win.

Wolfbutter

03-30-2008, 05:25 PM

There is a difference between 'download' and 'install'.

First you download it, then you install it.

WebDudette

03-30-2008, 05:33 PM

Yes, so now you agree to there terms and install it.

Lizardus

03-30-2008, 05:38 PM

Pray to the god of the underworld and get Ares.
Make sure you get familiar with it.

Wolfbutter

03-30-2008, 05:39 PM

Yes, so now you agree to there terms and install it.

I DID...But after I'm done, I open it up, and it still prompts me to install it.

mrconeman

03-30-2008, 05:44 PM

You've probably opened the exe. file again.
Go to program files and open it from there.

coke_a_holic

03-30-2008, 05:51 PM

Yo, if you're this worried about it, why don't you just use google? I guarantee you can find anything you want through patience and persistence and then you won't have to whine about how nothing works.

I gave up on soulseek a while ago when it would stop giving me results; it worked well for a few years, then just stopped helping me when my searches ventured too far away from what was easy to find.

Wolfbutter

03-30-2008, 05:57 PM

Thanks mrconeman, I got it! Are there any things I should be wary of, like how to avoid getting viruses? I'm not very computer savy...And is the proxy all that necessary?

JohnnyNemesis

03-30-2008, 05:59 PM

I'm not very computer savy

Ya don't say...

Wolfbutter

03-30-2008, 06:05 PM

When I want to exit, should I disconnect or just close? Can I download full albums or does it have to be single songs, where can I find full albums to download? Do I have to do all of this stuff with folders before I get it to work? When I type in the search, it takes a while to even show up, is this normal?

WebDudette

03-30-2008, 06:15 PM

Search isn't instant. You can download full albums by looking at the folder most of the time. To the right of the song title it will say Name/Program Files/Band/Album or something.

Llamas

03-30-2008, 06:18 PM

Hey guys, I'm gonna get a Toyota Corolla, but I drink Ice Mountain water. Is that compatible, or do I need to switch to Aquafina?

I use utorrent. Best program I've ever tried. I love how many sites there are to search on, making the chances of finding anything I might want likely.

JohnnyNemesis

03-30-2008, 06:19 PM

Isn't utorrent banned by most trackers? Or am I getting that confused with a different one? Most trackers I use ban utorrent, unless I'm mixing it up with something.

Llamas

03-30-2008, 06:38 PM

Not as far as I know. I've never run into anything banning it.

Wolfbutter

03-30-2008, 06:45 PM

It says it can't use my port so it has to use another one...is this bad? It says I was disaconnected by someone else used my name...This is crazy, what's going on?

Wolfbutter

03-30-2008, 06:54 PM

It says someone else is using my stuff, and I was downloading a song that was interrupted because someone else is downloading...whats going on?

Harnum

03-30-2008, 06:54 PM

Yes, but what's wrong with it?
Virus-filled porn.

*waits for STD joke*

Wolfbutter

03-30-2008, 07:22 PM

And when I try to delete soulseek, it says "access denied". oh boy, what in the world is going on????

Harnum

03-30-2008, 07:30 PM

Wolfbutter's really reminding me of Kasavin right now, but instead of sex questions, it's all based around computers. lolol

Oh, I found the answer. Thanks. If you log on twice then it shuts out.

wheelchairman

03-30-2008, 07:47 PM

Don't sweat it Wolfbutter, I suck at computers too, and look where I am now!

I'm an offspring mod man!

(Now I DRIVE the school bus!)

Wolfbutter

03-30-2008, 07:52 PM

Why are the downloads taking forever? And how do I log out?

Cock Joke

03-30-2008, 07:55 PM

"How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?"

Dude! Just fiddle around with it some, perhaps click the "Help" option in the drop down menu if there is one, do all that and you'll get the hang of it!

JohnnyNemesis

03-30-2008, 08:37 PM

Wolfbutter's really reminding me of Kasavin right now, but instead of sex questions, it's all based around computers. lolol

I was thinking that same thing earlier.

I think I should leave the thread though, 'cause the "questions every 5 seconds" and "constant update" thing is driving me nuts.

Wolfbutter

03-30-2008, 10:01 PM

Alright, thanks, I know how to work it. But this is really slow; like, each song takes 5-10 minutes to finish downloading....Is it supposed to be like this?

arak0r

03-30-2008, 11:09 PM

torrents are great, but theyre not very practical for finding individual songs, especially one that isnt ridiculously popular.

im in a private irc network, i use private torrent sites. rip oink :\ still trying to get into couple of good sites that have replaced it, best ways to get good music. still having trouble finding this ladysmith black mambazo cd though

Wolfbutter

03-30-2008, 11:48 PM

For some reason I have no connection speed aka K/s...why??

IamSam

03-30-2008, 11:59 PM

For some reason I have no connection speed aka K/s...why??

Bears.....

TheUnholyNightbringer

03-31-2008, 04:11 AM

I hacked into your computer! And like, I keep disconnecting you, and downloading songs that you dont want to download! And then, I drive out into the country and pull up the broadband cables, so they'll go really slowly!

lol!

Vera

03-31-2008, 05:07 AM

Wolfbutter, just get a job and download from iTunes from hereon.

holland25

03-31-2008, 05:09 AM

Or try DC++. It works perfectly for me and all stuff I have on my computer are downloaded from there.

Harnum

03-31-2008, 07:53 AM

I hacked into your computer! And like, I keep disconnecting you, and downloading songs that you dont want to download! And then, I drive out into the country and pull up the broadband cables, so they'll go really slowly!

lol!
So it was YOU! *scornful eyes*

I haven't been able to download in months! =[

TheUnholyNightbringer

03-31-2008, 08:01 AM

That's because I stole your monitor and replaced it with Monitormon, Pokemon #25997/01P.

Pokemon EXISTZ AND DERE R DA PROOF

Endymion

03-31-2008, 08:03 AM

wolfy,

soulseek works much like good ol' napster. when you search for a song, it finds each copy on the network. if you want an album, search for the artist's name or the album name. once a bunch of results show up, look for someone who has the whole album and then right click on one of the files and press "download containing folder" or something like that. then you'll be place into that user's queue and when they have a download spot ready you'll begin downloading the album from them. yes, this means that if they disconnect you need to find a new source. some people also ban people who aren't sharing files. this also means you're limited to whatever speed the other person can upload at. yes, these are the prices we pay to have 99% of the music ever recorded available to us.

nieh

03-31-2008, 08:45 AM

Yo, if you're this worried about it, why don't you just use google? I guarantee you can find anything you want through patience and persistence and then you won't have to whine about how nothing works.

I gave up on soulseek a while ago when it would stop giving me results; it worked well for a few years, then just stopped helping me when my searches ventured too far away from what was easy to find.

Do you use windows XP or Vista? Apparently the later service packs for XP put something in place where it limits the amount of connections your pc can make in a certain amount of time, supposedly as a security thing trying to stop the spread of worms, but it seriously screws up P2P sites and torrents too. I had the problem with Soulseek not returning any results when I first got my laptop with Vista but there's ways around it. Soulseek's site has a link to an article/download you can put in place which works perfectly.

Harnum

03-31-2008, 02:34 PM

That's because I stole your monitor and replaced it with Monitormon, Pokemon #25997/01P.

Pokemon EXISTZ AND DERE R DA PROOF
lolol u got da prewf!

Wolfbutter

03-31-2008, 08:37 PM

Can you believe someone banned me from uploading an album because I didn't have any uploads myself? ugh, LOSER. And he was trying to message me too, but don't people understand that you just leave the computer because downloading takes a long time? ughhhhhhhhhhhhh Why must people act like that?

coke_a_holic

03-31-2008, 08:45 PM

Do you use windows XP or Vista? Apparently the later service packs for XP put something in place where it limits the amount of connections your pc can make in a certain amount of time, supposedly as a security thing trying to stop the spread of worms, but it seriously screws up P2P sites and torrents too. I had the problem with Soulseek not returning any results when I first got my laptop with Vista but there's ways around it. Soulseek's site has a link to an article/download you can put in place which works perfectly.

I was using XP, then Mac OSX. It wasn't really the amount of downloads; I just stopped getting results, or people would constantly disconnect on me, which drove me crazy. Plus, I put up all my albums for download, so it was taxing on my computer. I find leeching off the internet works unbelievably well. Were you aware that many webforums have music sharing threads? The one for Questionable Content is where I get, like, 90% of the music I download.

Wolfbutter

03-31-2008, 08:47 PM

Hey coke, what do you put in Google to search for? "song.mp3", or something?

coke_a_holic

03-31-2008, 08:57 PM

I got for full albums, but you could try this, thanks to youtube:

"intitle:"index.of" (mp3) song.name -asp -htm -html -cf -jsp" without quotes, though it's not as likely to find the music as it used to be.

If you want a full album, just search:

"band name or album name site:mediafire.com" without quotes

I also just lurk on other message boards that have music sharing threads and www.robinhoodofindiemusic2.blogspot.com